The antagonists talked down to the workers. The workers talked up to God—then kept on working. What are the entryways into God’s blessing? 1. Salvation at the Sheep Gate. 2. Testimony at the Fish Gate. 3. Obedience at the Old Gate. 4. Humility at the Valley Gate. 5. Confession at the Refuse Gate. 6. Filling […]
CHRIST the BEGINNING: In John 1:1, the Lord Jesus is spoken of as “In the beginning.” This chapter declares Him as the Eternal God, for before any created thing—all of which He made (v 3)—He existed. In 1 John 1:1, He is “from the beginning.” Go back as far as the mind can conceive. Beyond […]
“I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you” (Isa 46:4). Henry Moorhouse is called the man who taught D.L. Moody how to preach the love of God. Moody said, “I have never forgotten those nights hearing Henry Moorhouse. I have preached a different gospel since….” Moorhouse and his […]
H.A. Ironside tells of addressing a “Mission to Israel” in San Francisco in 1898. At the end, an elderly Jew said: “This is Passover week among you, my Jewish brethren; and I was thinking how you will be observing it. You will attend the synagogue services, and carry out the directions of the Talmud; but […]
My father and I were both fascinated by the printing process. How ideas from one mind could be spread to others through black marks on a page intrigued us. That’s how we ended up at McCormick Place in Chicago for an international print exhibition. One company featured their gold stamping machine. A salesman was handing […]
Heaven! “Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there” (Rev 21:25, BSB). Early in the believer’s life we make our way to Gate 8, “the Horse Gate,” where “the priests made repairs, each in front of his own house” (Neh 3:28). Out from this gate went soldiers to face the […]
CHRIST, DEATH’S CONQUEROR: “Knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him” (Rom 6:9). Circus hand Alfred Mace was a most unlikely young man to be listening to William Carter preach that night in a Brixton theater. “But just about midnight,” he writes, “I joined […]
“Men always ought to pray and not lose heart” (or “faint,” KJV) (Lk 18:1). H.G. Bosch quotes a missionary commenting on this verse: “My concordance shows the root meaning of the word ‘faint’ is ‘to cave in.’ What causes a ‘cave-in’? It is weakness on one hand and pressure on the other. What causes a […]
One of the most important lessons in the book of Acts is this: there’s room for everyone on the team. Not all could preach like Peter, but Peter first had to be brought to Jesus, and was, by his otherwise retiring brother, Andrew. Matthew arranged a dinner for the local tax office and invited Someone […]